The name is Tara. I have a side to me that is eccentric, wild, creative, and flighty that, as a child, I had named...The name I had given myself has stuck in my family through all these years...That name is Lofty.
This blog is a way for me to free my inspirations, dreams, visions and desires. Here you will find these in the form of photography, art, music, and fashion. These inspirations and more bring out the child, the lofty, in me.
now please, indulge and enjoy. Welcome to LoftyLand!

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

ram dass wisdom

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them." — Ram Dass

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear." — Ram Dass

"We're all just walking each other home." — Ram Dass

"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is." — Ram Dass

"It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed." — Ram Dass

"In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight." — Ram Dass

"Let's trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let's lay down our righteousness and just be together." — Ram Dass

"The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back." — Ram Dass

"Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness." — Ram Dass

"The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible." — Ram Dass

"Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise." — Ram Dass

"I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies." — Ram Dass

"I'm not interested in being a "lover." I'm interested in only being love." — Ram Dass

"If you think you're free, there's no escape possible." — Ram Dass

"Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it." — Ram Dass

"Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God." — Ram Dass

"Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying." — Ram Dass

"Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery." — Ram Dass

"The next message you need is always right where you are." — Ram Dass

"It's very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos." — Ram Dass

"In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?" — Ram Dass

"It's all real and it's all illusory:that's Awareness!" — Ram Dass

"Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us." — Ram Dass

"Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!" — Ram Dass

"A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done." — Ram Dass

"Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them." — Ram Dass

"The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me." — Ram Dass

"We're here to awaken from the illusion of separateness" — Ram Dass (How Can I Help? Stories and Reflection on Service)